diff --git a/cli/apiserver/provider.go b/cli/apiserver/provider.go
index 7a94d0659..6be4e8105 100644
--- a/cli/apiserver/provider.go
+++ b/cli/apiserver/provider.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ type Provider struct {
 	client  *http.Client
 }
 
-const DefaultRetries = 20
-const DefaultTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+const DefaultRetries = 3
+const DefaultTimeout = 2 * time.Second
 
 func NewProvider(url string, retries int, timeout time.Duration) *Provider {
 	return &Provider{
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ func NewProvider(url string, retries int, timeout time.Duration) *Provider {
 	}
 }
 
-func NewProviderWithoutRetries(url string, timeout time.Duration) *Provider {
-	return &Provider{
-		url:     url,
-		retries: 1,
-		client: &http.Client{
-			Timeout: timeout,
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func (provider *Provider) TestConnection() error {
 	retriesLeft := provider.retries
 	for retriesLeft > 0 {
diff --git a/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go b/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go
index 6f1fc25da..384068ed3 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/checkRunner.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func checkServerConnection(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider) bool {
 
 	serverUrl := GetApiServerUrl()
 
-	apiServerProvider := apiserver.NewProviderWithoutRetries(serverUrl, apiserver.DefaultTimeout)
+	apiServerProvider := apiserver.NewProvider(serverUrl, 1, apiserver.DefaultTimeout)
 	if err := apiServerProvider.TestConnection(); err == nil {
 		logger.Log.Infof("%v found Mizu server tunnel available and connected successfully to API server", fmt.Sprintf(uiUtils.Green, "√"))
 		return true
diff --git a/cli/cmd/common.go b/cli/cmd/common.go
index 243409642..52707b70c 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/common.go
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/apiserver"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/config/configStructs"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/errormessage"
@@ -13,9 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/resources"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/uiUtils"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
-	"path"
-	"regexp"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/config"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/kubernetes"
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ func startProxyReportErrorIfAny(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx con
 		return
 	}
 
-	apiProvider = apiserver.NewProviderWithoutRetries(GetApiServerUrl(), time.Second) // short check for proxy
+	apiProvider = apiserver.NewProvider(GetApiServerUrl(), apiserver.DefaultRetries, apiserver.DefaultTimeout)
 	if err := apiProvider.TestConnection(); err != nil {
 		logger.Log.Debugf("Couldn't connect using proxy, stopping proxy and trying to create port-forward")
-		if err := httpServer.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		if err := httpServer.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
 			logger.Log.Debugf("Error occurred while stopping proxy %v", errormessage.FormatError(err))
 		}
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func startProxyReportErrorIfAny(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx con
 			return
 		}
 
-		apiProvider = apiserver.NewProvider(GetApiServerUrl(), apiserver.DefaultRetries, apiserver.DefaultTimeout) // long check for port-forward
+		apiProvider = apiserver.NewProvider(GetApiServerUrl(), apiserver.DefaultRetries, apiserver.DefaultTimeout)
 		if err := apiProvider.TestConnection(); err != nil {
 			logger.Log.Errorf(uiUtils.Error, fmt.Sprintf("Couldn't connect to API server, for more info check logs at %s", fsUtils.GetLogFilePath()))
 			cancel()